From the shores of Eyl, a fishing community in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland State, locals watched with growing anger the lights…
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ADF STAFF Ghana in early January bolstered its maritime security capabilities when it commissioned a forward operating base in Ezinlibo,…
The Nigerian Navy pursued the oil tanker MT Heroic Idun into the Gulf of Guinea. Navy officials suspected the ship…
ADF STAFF Even as terrorism cases have declined in East Africa in recent years, the region is experiencing a renewed…
ADF STAFF India’s diplomatic engagements on the continent are increasing, and defense has emerged as a key area of cooperation.…
ADF STAFF Members of the Nigerian and French navies responded by air and sea to a pirate attack in the…
ADF STAFF Members of the Armed Forces of Mauritania huddled close as their vessel sliced through the Mediterranean Sea toward…
ADF STAFF The Ghana Navy in September received two Defender patrol boats that will enhance its capacity to combat illegal,…
ADF STAFF Some analysts worried that Somali pirates were staging a comeback when a Maltese-flagged merchant ship, the Ruen, was…
ADF STAFF Once among the world’s hotspots for piracy and trafficking, the Gulf of Guinea still presents a security challenge…